Formed in 1974, Highland Stoneware have
built an international reputation for quality and innovation. They
make a large range of high-fired, free-hand painted ceramics in the
North West Highlands of Scotland.

Every piece
of Highland Stoneware is hand-made and freehand decorated. The
variations that evolve are the hallmark of the uniqueness of the
stoneware. No two pieces are the same, so you can build your own
collection.

Tain Pottery is firmly established as one of
the largest Scottish ceramic manufacturers offering a range of products
created by traditional craft technique and skill. Their team of artisans
includes two potters who between them have more than 50 years experience
creating craft ceramics. The pottery covers diverse methods and
techniques, from hand built and thrown through jiggered and jollied to
extruded and pressed.

Their original
designs, all hand-painted, continue to evolve with the passing of time .
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We stock
Glanadlie, Fearn, Balintore, and Buchanan

Benaya Ceramic Art Tiles

"Works of
art immortalised in stone".
The tiles
are designed in-house, and hand-crafted by highly skilled artisans'
guilds.

The
image is
first drawn on the rough tile surface before relief work is carefully
applied - creating a unique three-dimensional outline.

The
tiles
are then hand-painted with several layers of glazes that enrich
the
textures and colours.

The
tiles are fired in kilns for 24hrs at up
to 1,000 degrees Celsius - ensuring a permanent image that will never dull
or fade.

Emma Bridgewater

Emma Bridgewater's distinctive pottery is
made from an earthenware mix that
is a variant on Josiah Wedgwood's 18th century recipe for cream ware.

The
clay arrives at the factory in solid form, but is mixed with water and sieved until it
becomes a smooth slip which is then
poured into plaster moulds; the plaster absorbs the water from the slip,
leaving a layer of clay hugging the shape of the mould.

When
the time is judged right, the excess slip is drained from the moulds and
collected for re-use. The moulds are opened to reveal the
'green' cast shape inside. The pots are then loaded onto boards and
taken to be sponge fettled (any moulds marks removed) and dried in
preparation for biscuit firing.

The
only pots which are not slip cast are bowl and plate shapes, which are
individually formed on hand operated machines of considerable antiquity!

Once a pot has been biscuit fired it is
either hand sponged before glazing, or glazed and refired before
one of the litho patterns is hand applied. These litho decorated pots
are then fired for a third time.

Colin Kellam Pottery

Colin has been potting at the Lion
Brewery, in Devon, for over thirty years.

He and his team produce a comprehensive
range of oven-to-tableware, lamp bases, garden pots, planters,
tiles, and (our favourites!) Colin's fabulous animal and bird
sculptures.

All of the work is hand decorated using
natural pigments - predominantly iron, cobalt, chrome and
manganese over an ash glaze.

The pottery is oven and
microwave proof, dishwasher safe and no toxicity is released from either
clay body, glazes or colours. The sculptures are all weather and
frost proof.